SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSamsung delivers 600-mile solid-state EV battery as it teases 9-minute charging and 20-year lifespan techwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSamsung delivers 600-mile solid-state EV battery as it teases 9-minute charging and 20-year lifespan techwww.notebookcheck.netSeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square139fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaredinckel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSo what’s the catch? Is it the price?
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBasically, yes. The big issue with solid state batteries is figuring out how to mass produce them at a price where someone will actually buy them.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoFTA: Apparently, they are also rather expensive to produce, since it warns that they will first go into the “super premium” EV segment of luxury electric cars that can cover more than 600 miles on a charge. So yes. Expensive initially.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYou’d be shocked to know how many of your non-Samsung devices are using Samsung batteries.
minus-squareaviationeast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoDon’t fly your car with the Samsung battery.
minus-squareNioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoRemember the Note 7 recalls? https://www.gta5-mods.com/weapons/samsung-galaxy-note-7-bomb
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoActually the risk of that should be lower
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoThe whole point of a solid state battery is that they don’t do that.
So what’s the catch? Is it the price?
Basically, yes. The big issue with solid state batteries is figuring out how to mass produce them at a price where someone will actually buy them.
FTA:
So yes. Expensive initially.
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You’d be shocked to know how many of your non-Samsung devices are using Samsung batteries.
Don’t fly your car with the Samsung battery.
Remember the Note 7 recalls?
https://www.gta5-mods.com/weapons/samsung-galaxy-note-7-bomb
Actually the risk of that should be lower
The whole point of a solid state battery is that they don’t do that.